Asparagus with pine nuts, cranberries and feta

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Asparagus with pine nuts, cranberries and feta

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Nutritional Info

Servings Per Recipe: 4
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 201.1

Total Fat: 15.9 g
Cholesterol: 8.3 mg
Sodium: 145.0 mg
Total Carbs: 13.0 g
Dietary Fiber: 2.5 g
Protein: 4.3 g

View full nutritional breakdown of Asparagus with pine nuts, cranberries and feta calories by ingredient

Introduction

I love this as a side dish with Salmon or chicken, but if you are vegitarian you could double the portion and have a decent meal of it too. I love this as a side dish with Salmon or chicken, but if you are vegitarian you could double the portion and have a decent meal of it too.

Minutes to Prepare: 5

Minutes to Cook: 10

Number of Servings: 4

Ingredients

1 bunch of Asparagus (about 2 C cleaned and chopped)

1/3 C pine nuts

2T olive oil

1/3 C Craisins (dried cranberries)

pinch of sea salt to taste

1/4 C Feta Cheese crumbles

Directions

1.Break off or trim the woody ends from the asparagus and discard. Set the spears aside.
2.Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in the pine nuts, cranberries, and salt. Cook and stir until the pine nuts start to look translucent, 5 to 6 minutes. Add the asparagus spears and cook, adding a little more olive oil if needed, until stalks are bright green and tender, about 5 to 8 minutes. Serve on a platter with the cranberries and nuts spooned over the top of the asparagus.

Serving Size: makes about 4 1/2 cup servings

Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user KSUGIRL93.